Pearl Street & Frankfort Street

Pearl Street and Frankfort Street meet at a seven-way junction in Financial District-Battery Park City, Manhattan. The corner lies on the edge of the South Street Seaport Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, 45 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. FishBridge Park Garden is 70 feet away. The nearest subway, Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall/Chambers St, is about five minutes on foot, and 12 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 21 public places, six of them schools, and 21 places to eat.

Safety record
19 hurt
45 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall/Chambers St
1,270 feet · 5 min on foot · 4, 5, 6, J, Z
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
Frankfort St/Pearl St · M22, QM7, QM8, QM11 +2
Within a walk
21 places
6 schools, 4 parks and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Pearl Street & Frankfort Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall/Chambers St, 1,270 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 5 lines at the nearest station
  • 12 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall/Chambers St 4, 5, 6, J, Z
    1,270 feet
    4 5 6 J Z

Next trains at this station

Uptown
3 lines
  1. 4 …
  2. 5 …
  3. 6 …
Downtown
5 lines
  1. 4 …
  2. 5 …
  3. 6 …
  4. J …
  5. Z …
Brooklyn
2 lines
  1. J …
  2. Z …

Also within a walk

  1. Fulton St 2, 3, 4, 5, A, C, J, Z
    0.3 miles
    2 3 4 5 A C J Z
  2. City Hall R, W
    0.4 miles
    R W

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Cable Crossing” (1996) by Mark Gibian at the Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall/Chambers St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Frankfort St/Pearl St, 40 feet away, for the M22, QM7, QM8, QM11 and two more.

  • 30 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Frankfort St/Pearl St M22, QM7, QM8, QM11 +2 · Shelter
    40 feet
    M22 QM7 QM8 QM11 QM25 QM65
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M22 …
  2. QM7 …
  3. QM8 …
  4. QM11 …
  5. QM25 …
  6. QM65 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Dover Street, Frankfort Street and Pearl Street.

  • 37 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Gold St & Frankfort St 40 docks in all
    740 feet

By car

A ramp to the Brooklyn Bridge starts at this corner.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    2.4 miles
  2. 123 Leonard Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 299 South Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1 mile

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 45 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 19 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 5 of those hurt, on foot
  • 8 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10038
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 1
City Council district
1
Police precinct
1 and 5 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Financial District-Battery Park City
Elevation
22 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up in 1971.

Trees

NYC Parks records 31 trees within 330 feet.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 37 signs on these blocks
  • 16 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2025 and August 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Dover Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 3 signs AVO HUMAN RESOURCES ADMINISTRATION MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Dover Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AVO OFFICE OF COLLECTIVE BARGAINING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Frankfort Street

  • No standing 7 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Frankfort Street

  • No stopping 4 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

East side of Pearl Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY TUESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY 6:30AM-7:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Pearl Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8:30AM-3PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 116070 and 116300.

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the South Street Seaport Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 72 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival, and mostly built between 1810 and 1867.

  1. Volunteer Hospital Designated landmark
    780 feet
  2. Meyer's Hotel Designated landmark
    810 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 public places.

  • 6 schools
  • 4 parks
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 public spaces
  • 1 dog run
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. The Peck Slip School Landmark
    570 feet
  2. Manhattan Early College School for Marketing and Media Arts School
    830 feet
  3. Murry Bergtraum High School for Business Careers School
    830 feet
Show all 6
  1. The Urban Assembly Early College High School of Emergency Medicine School
    830 feet
  2. Urban Assembly Maker Academy School
    830 feet
  3. New York City Charter School of the Arts School
    890 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. FishBridge Park Garden
    70 feet
  2. Fishbridge Garden Dog Run
    100 feet
  3. James Madison Plaza
    720 feet
Show all 8
  1. East River Waterfront Esplanade Park
    730 feet
  2. Pearl St Playground
    760 feet
  3. Peck Slip Park
    850 feet
  4. Drumgoole Plaza Park
    920 feet
  5. Alfred E. Smith Playground
    1,300 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Verizon Building Public space
    620 feet
  2. Brooklyn Bridge Arches Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    710 feet
  3. Public space at 200 Water Street Public space
    1,270 feet

Health care

  1. New York-Presbyterian/Lower Manhattan Hospital
    1,280 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. South Street Seaport Historic District Listed historic place
    1,030 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 100 Gold Street Older adult center
    630 feet

Supermarkets

  1. 55 Fulton Market Supermarket
    1,210 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,110 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 places to eat and three food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 19 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Dover Street, FDR Drive, Frankfort Street or Pearl Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYCHA, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.